Spoken Word
by Weston Ruter 4.7 (7 reviews)

Spoken Word

Add text-to-speech (TTS) to content, with playback controls, read-along highlighting, multi-lingual support, and settings for rate, pitch, and voice.

Spoken Word ranks #16,869 among WordPress.org plugins with 90+ active installations, is #1,795 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 4.7/5 rating from 7 reviews, and was last updated Jan 21, 2018. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.9 (Current: 7.1.4)
v1.0.1 Current Version v1.0.1
Updated 8 years ago Last Update on 21 Jan, 2018
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#1,795 of 6,651 in Media Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Active Installs
90+
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KW Avg Position
80.5
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Downloads
6.1K
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Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
94%
Review 4.7 out of 5
4.7 (7 reviews)

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7
7 reviews
Overall 94%
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Spoken Word. Checked 3 months ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and content publishers who want to offer audio playback of their text content. It solves the problem of making written content accessible to listen to, using the browser's built-in speechSynthesis API instead of external services.

  • Text-to-speech playback controls
  • Read-along word highlighting
  • Multi-lingual voice support
  • Adjustable rate, pitch, and voice
  • Skips footnote superscripts
  • Sticky playback controls during scroll
  • Back/forward paragraph navigation
  • Voice preferences synced via localStorage

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Spoken Word

Spoken Word has 90+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Spoken Word holds a 4.7 out of 5 star rating based on 7 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Spoken Word is developed by Weston Ruter and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Spoken Word requires WordPress 4.7 or higher, is tested up to WordPress 4.9 and needs PHP 5.4 or newer.
Spoken Word has been downloaded 6,144+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Spoken Word is 1.0.1. It was last updated on January 21, 2018.
Yes. Spoken Word is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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